ShackCast Episode 12: Gears of War PC, Crysis, Portal, Guitar Hero III, Hellgate: London, Dementium

In all seriousness. You guys need a chick. Supposing you wanted to get up the iTunes charts. Someone that can speak eloquently on video games, but still be one of the guys.

Yeah...

I just want to say that I don't think letting the "breakdown" slide is a very good idea. This'll be the first episode that I am not going to listen to at least in part, because there's always going to be a bunch of stuff (anything not PC/Wii related) that I'm not interested in and would rather skip over. And yeah, I definitely don't want to hear some more about guitar hero. Would've been nice to hear the the GoW:PC and Portal stuff though.

I love this show. You guys are getting more informative & entertaining every week - thanks for the treat :)

Good podcast so far, just finished the part about Hellgate: London, and wanted to comment before I forgot. With you guys complaints regarding the story, I just want to let you know there there is already a book out. I was at Borders this weekend perusing the sci-fi section and noticed that there was a Hellgate: London book stuck down on the shelf near the Halo and Mass Effect books.

My initial extreme enthusiasm for Hellgate: London has been steadily declining since its annoucement. Fee annoucements, lukewarm previews, uninspiring official gameplay movies... Even though Shack previews have basically said what you said in this Shackcast, hearing it bantered back and forth around several people really helped reignite my interest and I am now again eager to play Hellgate.

So, thank you ShackCast for restoring my hope in Hellgate: London. Unless it turns not out to be peachy, in which case fine job on raising my spirits only to crush them again. Well played sirs, well played.

I may be in the minority here, but talking about guitar hero every other podcast is..... not interesting.

Minor recommendation - get some better recording equipment. Someone with an audio background (and hardware) or something would make the quality of the listening experience slightly better. Nicely put together though.

I'm not positive, but I'd bet that those jets were the Blue Angels. They're practicing for the Fleet Week air shows this weekend, and they really love to fly low over my apartment, rip me from sleep, and convince me that it's the end of the world.

BTW, did anyone see that PC Gamer has already reviewed Hellgate London? WTF?!? The game was certainly still in beta a month ago when it was reviewed, as the new magazine should be getting to subscribers doorsteps this week. This is bothersome, as I really want to know how PC Gamer can review a multiplayer portion of a game without the community and without it being done. It's an exclusive review, so I would imagine they scored it relatively high, as I can't remember the last title that scored poorly that was an "exclusive review".( On the official Hellgate forums, the cover art is posted) Having an exclusive review is kinda weary to begin with, as they had to strike a deal in a back room in order to get that story, so I would certainly question the integrity. What do you guys think?

hmm does anyone else wonder, why digg only shows the first 3 episodes of the podcast?

I was so exited for this Episode .Crysis SP .......ITS AWESOME ! You get to shoot guns and pickup ammo!

CAN'T WAIT FOR HELLGATE LONDON!!!!!

I don't like these coming on Fridays. Because, even me still here at work at 7pm has me leaving before I'll listen to it.

Then again... I do have Monday morning for this now.

What can I say, shackcast kicks serious f'ing ass, except for the comment about Diablo sucking, which got my blood boiling just a tad bit. You guys have quickly turned into one of my most listened to podcasts in the whole world wide internets.

I couldn't agree more about PC Gaming this year. I haven't upgraded my rig in about 3 years besides a minor bump in my GPU, but I"m definitely building a new PC for the lineup of titles coming out. So many titles that I would rather have on PC more than console any day of the week. Between UT3, Hellgate, The Witcher, Crysis, Orange Box, SupCom Exp, CoH Opposing Fronts, NWN 2 MotB, Call of Duty 4, Tabula Rasa, Jericho, Blacksite Area 51 and the slew of other games coming this year plus all the crazy titles coming next year, PC gaming is in a very good position right now.

I like the segment on Hellgate, as I find myself coming back for more punishment, despite all the bugs and complaints. I too wish that they would take a few more months to really polish the game, but I'm guessing Flagship is pretty confident with the single player portion. In a recent interview with Bill Roper, he stated just that, that they could always patch the multiplayer and that is the reason why we shouldn't worry about Hellgate being "ready". While that comment made me a bit worried, I'm more concerned that the game is going to get killed in reviews, thus killing the game before it can ever take off. Not to compare it to Vanguard which was in an entire different level of problems, that game was destroyed before it even came out, and that's a real shame. I want Hellgate to do well, very much so, as I think it can really help spark an already nicely stacked holiday season on the PC.

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I haven't listened to this one yet, but I really like the podcast now. Couldn't stand the old old one (played or w/e), and some of the first ShackCasts I listened to were a little annoying (like the old guitar strum sound instead of making a transition) but you guys are pretty decent now, and this is coming from someone who listens to 20+ hours of podcasts a week

well, skype still sucks a lot, but what can you do

About the comment about not being able to switch quickly between powers in Crysis; I switch between them quickly all the time in the MP beta. I find the menu pretty easy to use very quickly, but I guess its something that needs getting used to. I'll sprint, then cloak or cloak then super strength punch someone, its a lot of fun.

You seemed a lot less enthused about Gears of War PC than you did in the written preview.

Is iTunes usually late with propagating the update to the podcast? It's not coming up in my subscription :(

Episode 12 doesn't seem to be listed in the RSS feed yet....